The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1887-01-01

was always active at all military reunions and
| was one " the founders of the Grand Army oi
! lhe Republic, which originated at Decatur III.
] He was the first national COmpander of that
| organization aud as such issued the order In isGS
Tor tie decoration of tile graves OF Union soldiers
| on the SOth OF May. He always tooka prominent
part IN securing pension legislation. He was one
| Of the most urgent advocates of the arrears of
pension bill and never failed at elCh meeting of
Congress 70 present bill for the equalization of
] bOunties Ills financial views were often the
subject OF criticism, especially In the East but
they have usually represented the sentiments of
his constituency In 1865 he made lis fiIst nnan-
cAl speech, in which he took strong grounds in
favor Of the payment of the national debt both
bonds and grecnbacks, In gold cqin This posi-
Ton nc held until the initiation fevtt0t 1874 when
ne followed the popular Wcstcrlf movement and
voted for the imitation bill, which Grant vetoed
b IN tile following year lac was u member of the
Senate committee on finance and Favored the
sherman resumption act, which wen; iuto effect
JantBry !, 1879. senator LOg7iu was radical on
| tue subject of Internal improvements, always
yoted Tor liberal appropriations for rivers and
hirhnrs and gave his support TO railroad land
grant measures His personal honesty, However,
was never doubted and his poverty Is the best
evidepce OF hls integrity. Haying been in pub
llc lie almost since he reached his majority and
having given his entire tine to politics, he had
no time to engage IN lucrative employment and
his entire property consists of residence on
Calumet avenue IN chicago, which is worth from
$4,000 to $4,000, and farm at his old home in
General Logans popularity was with the mass
es. In the city of Chicago, whore he lived, his
WAS llle MpaktSl: IN tne
the farmers, and particularly with the Veterans
OF the war, he was very strOpg, His manners and
disposition, as well as his political methods, were
not pleasing TO the business men of the cities and
the Opposition to his Presidential candidacy in
his own State came from that element. Logan
was once described by General Grant as never at
peace except in war. He was not slow TO ask
political iavOrs, and apt TO grumble IL they were
not granted him. Morton will come TO me-"
said Grant, with two requests. / will grant one
OF them and he Will go away boasting of his in
iiucnce with the administration Logan will come
with thirteen requests. l will grant twelve of
theinand he will 70 away swearing that his wishes
are never complied with"
LoGAN's HOME iIFH
In 1855 General Logan married Mss Mary
Cunningham, OF SbawnCetOwn, Illinois. who sur
wives him. Mrs. Logan proved Il most valuable
hclpmeet to her husband, being as good, il not "a
better politician than himsef,and u lady of great
refinement as well rs intellectual force. there
is no woman in public life who possesses more
admlraDle traits than Mrs. Logan, and what is
unusual her popularity with her own sex is quite
ms great as with the other. She can write a
speech on finance or dictate the action of pOlit-
zeal caucus with as much ease and grace as she
can preside at a dinner party or receive the
guests at n ball-aQd has been known to perform
hll of these difficult duties on the same day, No
one whose intimacy with the Logan fimiy has
given him a knowledge of its past will deny to
Mrs. Logan the credit of being her husbands most
the same time devoted mother. She has two
ehildren,a daughter who is the wife of fPaymaSter
Tucker, OF the army, now stationed ut SANTA Fe,
aud son, Manning, who was Il cadet at West
Point but proved too energetic a student for that
peacc-lOVing academy.